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Mother's Day/ Birth Mother's Day Poems for Birthmother's

We are a legion

Birth Mother's Day 1995 

Mother's Day 1997 

 

We are a legion

We are

your friend

your lover

your spouse

your sister

your cousin

your aunt

your daughter

your mother

Present in

your work place

your neighborhood

your school

your PTA

your grocery store

your organizations

your church

your family

Mostly silent

We have begun

Tentatively telling ....

those we care about

those we work with

those who ask

and, sometimes, those that don't

Slowly

We are rising......

in the church pew on Mother's Day

into the faces of the ignorant

in front of those who have denied us for so long

We are finding.....

Ourselves and

Each other

Strength in love

Brenda Romanchik, 2002

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Birth Mother's Day 1995

She holds him

in her heart

And she remembers...

She remembers the magic

of the first flutter of life

She remembers the delight

of looking into his tiny face for the first time

And saying, "So there you are!"

She remembers the sadness

of letting go

And the incredible pain

of separation

She will always remember

what it was like to be his mother

to hold his tiny body close

Today we remember her

for all she has given

for her part

in bringing a miraculous life into the world

For the love she will always have

and hold

in her heart.

Brenda Romanchik, 1995

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Mother's Day 1997

Being a birthmother

means that there is a baby

sketched in our heart

the lines that make

those perfect hands

and perfect limbs

and big wide eyes

are slightly smudged

blurred by tears

of motherhood not fully consummated

Being a birthmother

means that there is a baby

that is always with us

No matter

how old our children get

or how big they grow

or whether we have the privilege

of knowing them

or not

Being a birthmother

means that there is a baby

That we will always remember

Through the tears

through the years

through the changes

that must come with time

and circumstance

Being a birthmother

means that there is a baby

we will be thinking of

On Mother's Day

And honoring

And celebrating

And remembering........

Whether

or not we are

honored

or celebrated

or remembered.

Being a birthmother

means, to me, that there is a baby

who will be in my thoughts

On Mother's Day

with many other babies

and their birthmothers

and my son's Mom

and my other children

and my own Mother

and my Grandmothers

being honored

and celebrated

and remembered.

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